... IgG, Fibrinogen, Transferrin, IgA, IgM, a1-Antitrypsin, Haptoglobin, a1-Acid Glycoprotein, a2- Macroglobulin and HDL (Apolipoproteins AI and A-II). ...

The immunostimulating activity of saponin-containing extract of Saponaria officinalis has been studied. Use of an S. officinalis extract in a concentration close to the critical concentration of saponin micella formation increased the immunogenicity of viral glycoproteins. The immunogenicity of glycoprotein ...

Bacterial carriers and diphtheria patients were examined for blood concentration of total glycoproteins measured by protein-bound hexoses and of fuco- and sialoglycoproteins. Marked changes were registered in glycoprotein serum spectrum in bacterial carriers and intoxication-specific changes in diphtheria patients. These changes were ...

1. The concentration-response curves for rate of mucus output, labelled-glycoprotein output and smooth muscle contraction in response to methacholine, phenylephrine and salbutamol were determined in the ferret trachea in vitro. 2. The potencies of methacholine and phenylephrine are both in order: smooth muscle contraction, glycoprotein ...

Many individual glycoprotein constituents of plasma increase in concentration during diverse illnesses, including infection, myocardial infarction, neoplasia, and trauma. This chapter discusses the biogenesis of these substances and summarizes evidence in...

PurposeP-glycoprotein limits tissue penetration of many antiretroviral drugs. We characterized effects of the P-glycoprotein substrate cyclosporin A on T cell P-glycoprotein activity in HIV-infected AIDS Clinical Trials Group study A5138 participants.MethodsWe studied P-glycoprotein activity on CD4 and CD8 T cells ...

A homogeneous glycoprotein (mol. wt 40,000) containing 34% carbohydrate was isolated from Aloe arborescens var. natalensis. At a concentration of 5 micrograms/ml, this glycoprotein was shown to stimulate deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) synthesis in baby hamster kidney (BHK) cells and to have the properties of a lectin which reacts with ...

A robust, reproducible, and high throughput method was developed for the relative quantitative analysis of glycoprotein abundances in human serum. Instead of quantifying glycoproteins by glycopeptides in conventional quantitative glycoproteomics, glycoproteins were quantified by nonglycosylated peptides derived from the ...

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The influence of P-glycoprotein (ABCB1) in drug resistance as well as drug absorption and disposition is an important factor to be considered during the development of new drugs. Thus, the early identification and exclusion of compounds showing a high affinity towards P-glycoprotein can help to select drug candidates. The aim of our study was to implement ...

P-Glycoprotein mediated efflux is one of the barriers limiting drug absorption from the intestine. Predictions of the intestinal P-glycoprotein function need to take into account the concentration dependency because high intestinal drug concentrations may saturate P-glycoprotein. However, the ...

Pharmacogenomics is defined as the study of the impacts of heritable traits on pharmacology and toxicology. Candidate genes with potential pharmacogenomic importance include drug transporters involved in absorption and excretion, phase I enzymes (e.g., cytochrome P450-dependent mixed-function oxidases) and phase II enzymes (e.g., glucuronosyltransferases) contributing to metabolism, and those ...

Infectious virions of MP, a syncytial strain of herpes simplex virus type 1, are formed in the presence of 50 mM NH/sub 4/Cl. Underglycosylated virion glycoproteins are synthesized in infected cells and are incorporated into virions in the presence of the same concentration of NH/sub 4/Cl. We conclude that fully glycosylated ...

A study of specific interactions between lectins and glycoproteins has been carried out using surface plasmon resonance (SPR) in a flow-injection mode. Lectins were covalently immobilised on the surfaces of the microfluidic sensor chip via amine coupling and serum glycoproteins were injected into the flow channels. Specific ...

We describe a sensitive, reproducible procedure of analysis for the six neutral carbohydrates in glycoproteins, by high-resolution anion-exchange chromatography. As many as 16 neutral carbohydrates can be separated by elution with a concentration gradient of boric acid (pH 7, 67 to 672 mmol/liter). The carbohydrates are detected with a cerate oxidimetric ...

Oral administrations of /sup 90/Sr were given daily to pigs from the first day after birth to the age of 3 months. The animals were killed at intervals up to 362 days and biochemical analyses were made on blood for glycoproteins, hexoses, and sialic acid. The nature and degree of changes in concentration of glycoproteins were related ...

The binding of /sup 125/I-alpha 2HS glycoprotein to peripheral blood monocytes was investigated at 4 degrees C. Equilibrium was attained after 60 min incubation with little internalization of radiolabeled protein. Binding was partially dependent on Ca++. Scatchard plot analysis revealed a dissociation constant of 10(-4) M with 10(6) sites/cell. The low binding affinity between ...

Binding studies between progesterone and alpha1-acid glycoprotein allowed us to demonstrate that the binding site of progesterone contains one hydrophobic tryptophan residue and that the structure of the protein is not altered upon binding. The data obtained at saturated concentrations of progesterone clearly reveal the type of interaction at physiological ...

Pregnancy specific glycoproteins (PSGs) are a family of proteins produced by primate and rodent placentas and secreted into the maternal circulation. In humans PSGs are detected in maternal serum from the time of implantation, and their concentration incr...

GnRH-induced ovulation of small dominant follicles resulted in increased late embryonic/fetal mortality around the time of embryo-uterine attachment. Pregnancy associated glycoproteins (PAGs) are secreted by binucleated trophoblast cells into the maternal circulation and have been used to monitor t...

The presence, concentration and selected molecular characteristics of the human mammary carcinoma glycoprotein molecule set MTGP, a trace and apparently tumor-specific molecule, were examined in fifteen cell cultures established from mammary carcinomas, t...

Digoxin is a drug with a narrow therapeutic index, which is substrate of the ATP-dependent efflux pump P-glycoprotein. Increased or decreased digoxin plasma concentrations occur in humans due to inhibition or induction of this drug transporter in organs with excretory function such as small intestine, liver and kidneys. Whereas particle size, dissolution ...

Electron micrographic studies of neuronal axons have produced contradictory conclusions on how alphaherpesviruses are transported from neuron cell bodies to axon termini. Some reports have described unenveloped capsids transported on axonal microtubules with separate transport of viral glycoproteins within membrane vesicles. Others have observed enveloped virions in proximal ...

The effect of N-benzoyl-D-phenylalanine (NBDP) and metformin on neonatal streptozotocin (nSTZ) induced diabetes has been studied on plasma and tissue glycoproteins. In some pathological conditions, such as cancer, rheumatoid arthritis and diabetes, there is an abnormal glycosylation of acute phase serum proteins. As most serum proteins are produced in the liver, we have ...

A genetic system comprised of mammalian cell mutants which demonstrate concomitant resistance to a number of unrelated drugs has been described previously. The resistance is due to reduced cell membrane permeability and is correlated with the presence of large amounts of a plasma membrane glycoprotein termed P-glycoprotein. This system could represent a ...

A genetic system comprised of mammalian cell mutants which demonstrate concomitant resistance to a number of unrelated drugs has been described previously. The resistance is due to reduced cell membrane permeability and is correlated with the presence of large amounts of a plasma membrane glycoprotein termed P-glycoprotein. This system could represent a ...

Membrane glycoproteins play vital roles in many fundamental physiological and pathophysiological processes in the central nervous system and represent important targets for pharmaceuticals and biomarker discovery. However, their isolation and characterization has been greatly limited. Lectin affinity chromatography (LAC) has evolved as a powerful method to enrich ...

In the central nervous system, postmitotic neurons migrate along astrocytic processes to reach their adult position. The molecular mechanisms of this guided migration are not clearly defined, although some steps have been shown to involve proteases and cell adhesion molecules. We report that monovalent antibodies (Fab fragments) raised against an endogenous cerebellar soluble lectin (CSL) ...